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==Gasterfang==
Gasterfang, known also as the Black Warren, is the largest orc settlement in the Marches. It is one of the oldest orc warrens and occupies the ruins of what was once a great fortress city of the elthedar. Though even the kurasatch udareen have forgotten the tale, the ancient city was built in the Time of Years by the fey ancestors of the dwarves, the banished clans Izrador corrupted to spawn the orc kin. <br> Gasterfang squats atop a series of natural terraces on the southeastern verge of the Vale of Tears. It commands a dominating view of the lowland, watching over distant leagues of shattered stone and ash-laden sky. Once a formidable place constructed of crudely worked basalt, the thick walls, sturdy buildings, and stout watchtowers have mostly fallen to ruin, wracked by countless quakes and ages of neglect. Most of the surface structures are half-collapsed and unsound. Those that remain are unoccupied or used only to shelter slaves and livestock. Most of the population instead lives in the massive underground warren beneath the ruins, consisting of the numerous basements, subterranean halls, and catacombs excavated by the original builders, and the many tunnels, pits, crawl-ways, and other cramped spaces dug by countless generations of Blood Mother orcs. Gasterfang is home to over 25,000 members of the Blood Mother Tribe, and another 100,000 orcs of various lineages live within two days march of the city. The kurasatch udareen are numerous and powerful there, and many Wounded Mother acolytes live and train in the Black Warren as well.  <br> Most significantly, Gasterfang is home to the oldest (and arguably most powerful) black mirror in Eredane. Known as the Eye of Izrador, this grand mirror was first consecrated at the end of the First Age and therefore holds a unique place in the rites of the Order of Shadow. The Eye has been drawing magical energy from the region for so long that its both radius and its effects at each radius are double that of a normal grand mirror.